Stopper-extractor.



E. J. DOHENY,

STOPPER BXTRAGTOR. APPLICATION FILED MAY a, 1913.

1,091,301 Patented M21124, 1911 mural) STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

EDWARD J. DOHENY, OF WOONSOOKET, RHODE ISLAND.

STOZEPER-EXTRAGTOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. DOHENY, a citizen of the United States,residing at lVoonsocket, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stopper-Extractors, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to stopper extractors; and it contemplatesthe provision of a simple, efficient and easily operated device throughthe medium of which a stopper can be extracted from a bottle withoutagitating the bottle or its contents, this being desirable because manyliquors when roiled are rendered unfit for use, and also being desirablewhen the liquors are rendered effervescent by agitation.

The invention in all of its details will be fully understood from thefollowing description and claim when the same are read in connectionwith the drawings, accompanying and forming part,of this specification,in which:

Figure 1 is a view showing in side elevation the manner in which myimproved means are used. Fig. 2 is a perspective on an enlarged scale,showing the body, bottle holder and hand lever comprised in the improvedmeans. Fig. 3 is a detail plan of a modification hereinafterspecifically referred to.

Referring by numerals to the said drawings, and more particularly toFigs. 1 and 2 thereof; 1 is the body of my novel device, which isdesigned to be arranged against and fixedly connected to a wall 2 or anyother suitable support that is available. Formed integral with andextending later ally from the body 1 is an apertured bottle holder 3.The aperture in the said body-is preferably, though not necessarily, inthe form of a bifurcation, as shown in Fig. 2, and is tapered orgradually reduced in width toward its inner end, the latter to enable itto receive and snugly hold the upper portions of bottles of differentdiameters. At its under side and inner side the said holder 3 isprovided with a cushioning pad 4, which has for its purpose to lessenthe liability of breakage when a bottle is placed in the holder, andalso when the bottle is pulled upwardly incidental to the extracting ofa stopper therefrom.

Pivoted at 5 to the upper portion of the body 1, is the hand lever 6comprised in my Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 8, 1913.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

Serial No. 766,301.

novel means. The said lever is provided at an lntermediate point of itslength with a vertlcally disposed opening 7 the end walls of which areinclined downwardly and outwardly. It will also be observed that thelever 6 is provided in its edge with an opening 8, of less length thanthe opening 7, which opening 8 communicates with the said opening 7. Inits upper side the lever 6 is provided with a transverse concavity 9arranged above and in communication with the openings 7 and 8. The saidconcavity 9 1s not, however, essential, and it may therefore be omittedfrom the lever, and the upper side of the lever left flat as shown inFig. 3.

In combination with the holder 3 and the lever 6, I employ a stopperpuller, preferably of conventional constructionz'. 6., one having ascrew shank 10 and a T-handle 11; the said shank 10, or rather the upperportion thereof, being designed to be introduced through the opening 8and into the opening 7 of the lever 6, and the T-handle 11 beingdesigned to be seated in the concavity 9, when such concavity isemployed, after the manner shown in Fig. 1.

In the practical use of my improvement, the ordinary extractor is turnedin conventional manner by hand into the stopper to be extracted. Theupper portion of the bottle is then placed in the holder 3, and the stemof the hand extractor is inserted through the aperture 8 and into theaperture 7 and the handle 11 of the hand extractor is disposed in theconcavity 9 of the lever 6 and at a right angle to said lever. With thisdone it will be manifest that when the lever 6 is swung upwardly, thestopper will be extracted from the bottle. It will also be readilyunderstood that during the extracting operation, the bottle will befirmly held against movement and consequently the contents thereof willnot be agitated.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction andrelative arrangement of parts embraced in the present and preferredembodiment of my invention, in order to impart a full, clear, and exactunderstanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to beunderstood as confining myself to the said specific construction andrelative arrangement of parts as, in the future practice of theinvention, I reserve the right to make such changes or modifications asfairly fall Within the scope of my invention as claimed.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is:

A stopper extractor comprising a body, an apertured bottle holder fixedto and extending from the body, and a hand lever pivoted at one end tothe body and disposed above the holder and having a vertical open ingthat extends between its lower and upper sides and also having anopening that extends from said vertical opening to one of its verticalsides throughout the height thereof, whereby after a bottle is placed inthe holder a hand stopper-extractor that is secured in the stopper ofthe bottle can be arranged with its shank in the vertical openingof thehand lever and its handle disposed. above said hand lever.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing \vitnesses.

EDWARD J. DOHENY.

Witnesses EDGAR L. SPAULDING, STEPHEN Maoown.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

